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Four new links have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation over roughly the past twenty-four hours.\u00a0 I hope that you enjoy them:<\/p>\n
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\u201cNibley Lectures:\u00a0Time Vindicates the Prophets<\/em> \u2014 Prophets and Miracles\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Between 7 March 1954 and 17 October 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of thirty weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series, which was called \u201cTime Vindicates the Prophets,\u201d was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> to call themselves Christians.<\/p>\n This lecture looks at the idea of miracles within the Church and compares them with those found in the world.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Come, Follow Me<\/em> \u2014 Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 50, December 5\u201311: Haggai; Zechariah 1\u20133; 7\u201314 \u2014 \u201cHoliness unto the Lord\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Once again, Jonn Claybaugh has generously contributed one of his sets of brief notes for students and teachers of the Church\u2019s \u201cCome, Follow Me\u201d curriculum.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me<\/em> Old Testament Lesson 50: \u201cHoliness unto the Lord\u201d<\/em>: Haggai; Zechariah 1\u20133; 7\u201314<\/a><\/p>\n The Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Old Testament Lesson 50,\u00a0\u201cHoliness unto the Lord\u201d<\/em> on Haggai; Zechariah 1\u20133; 7\u201314 featured Martin Tanner and Terry Hutchinson. This roundtable has now been extracted from the 30 October 2022 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show, liberated from commercial and other extraneous interruptions, and made available to you at no charge.\u00a0 The complete show may be heard at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-October-30-2022\/<\/a>.\u00a0 The weekly Interpreter Radio Show can be heard every Sunday evening from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640.\u00a0 Or \u2014 hallelujah! \u2014 you can listen to it live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And here is an archived presentation from 2013:<\/p>\n Conference Talks: \u201cScience vs. Religion: Can This Marriage Be Saved?\u201d (David H. Bailey)<\/a><\/p>\n This essay examines the details of ongoing wars between science and religion and shows why they are not only futile and senseless, but also unnecessary. Sometimes such battles cause people to forget important ideals that science and religion hold in common. It is important for religious movements to stay focused on religion and not embrace in their central belief systems some particular scientific theory or worldview that will eventually become obsolete with continued research advances. As Holmes Rolston observed, \u201cThe religion that is married to science today will be a widow tomorrow.\u201d Both scientists and religious believers can stand in awe at the majesty of the universe. So why all the fighting?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n My Facebook fundraiser for the Interpreter Foundation is now up:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donate\/490604776226909\/<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure, though, that it will work for anybody who isn\u2019t on Facebook.\u00a0 For other methods of donation, see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Incidentally, my Malevolent Stalker, who has volunteered his own<\/em> labor over the past fifteen years or more to the noble cause of anonymously defaming me online, refuses to allow that I myself<\/em> might be as selflessly public-spirited as he and, thus, capable of volunteering time and effort without any personal financial benefit.\u00a0 In response to the fundraiser mentioned immediately above, he insists that I\u2019ve profited (enormously, he often suggests) from my connections with both the Interpreter Foundation<\/a> and the Cruise Lady company (now Bountiful Travel<\/a>).\u00a0 In fact, the connection between the two is relatively recent and only occasional \u2014 my most recent tours to Israel and Egypt, for example, had nothing at all to do with the Interpreter Foundation \u2014 and I\u2019ve profited from neither<\/em> of them.\u00a0 I expect that he knows this.\u00a0 But his behavior reminds me of a statement often attributed to Sir Winston Churchill:\u00a0 Occasionally he stumbles over the truth, but he always picks himself up and hurries on as if nothing has happened.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I posted something yesterday that I had written back in 2012 about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.\u00a0 (See \u201cHow inexpressibly sad are all holidays.\u201d<\/a>)\u00a0 In response to my post, a reader by the name of Regan Grandi kindly called my attention to a forthcoming film entitled I Heard the Bells<\/em><\/a> that is directly relevant to what I had written.\u00a0 I had not heard of it before, but now I look forward very much to seeing it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n You may perhaps have missed this charming little story out of Palo Alto, California:\u00a0 \u201cStanford band stages controversial halftime skit during football game against BYU.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 And here\u2019s a follow-up story:\u00a0 \u201cStanford Athletics says it \u2018deeply regrets\u2019 offense caused by band\u2019s halftime show:\u00a0 The Daily Universe reported that the Stanford athletic department addressed the halftime show performed during its football game against the BYU Cougars.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Diversity, you see, is a very important value in today\u2019s American higher education.\u00a0 Perhaps the most<\/em> important of all values.\u00a0 But not diversity in ideas<\/em> or beliefs<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n This looks to be both fascinating and rich:\u00a0 \u201cNew religion census: That means more numbers, more maps and more hooks for news stories\u201d.<\/a>\u00a0 I\u2019m coming to regard Ryan Burge<\/a> as one of the most consistently interesting commentators around on the current state of religion and religious belief in the United States.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve resolved to pay closer and more regular attention to what he has to say.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Finally, here\u2019s a seasonally appropriate horror from the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>\u00a9:\u00a0 \u201c50 Ideas to Share Light for #LightTheWorld 2022:\u00a0Throughout December, find new ways to share light with others\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
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